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How to Shop For Beer During the COVID-19 Crisis

How to shop for beer dramatically shifted in 2020 due to COVID-19. Sampler flights: Out. Curbside pick-up: In. In store browsing: Out. Shipped fresh from the brewery: In. Opening hours have shifted, how to...
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Craft Beer Los Angeles

Look for the Helpers: Breweries Support Workers and Social Causes

I have yet to run across a kind word for the year 2020. Even graphics are not nice, images such as “Rated 1 Star – Do not recommend” or the commemorative candle for the...
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Craft Beer Oregon

When Taprooms Re-Open

In times past, early June is a magical time here in Los Angeles. Beer lovers are coming down from the intense high of the Firestone Walker Invitational and preparing themselves for the fun in...
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Brewery Pasadena

Wrong Time to Open, Unsung Heroes, Stir Crazy + Other Beer News

Imagine making the decision to pick the wrong time to open a brewery. You raise cash and ambitions. You hack your way through red tape and construction. You order up ingredients and get ready...
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Cider Long Beach

Ficklewood Ciderworks, Crosbo Pils + Virtual Beer Meetups

It would be easy to dedicate my monthly Brew & You column to the viral elephant in the room and how it is affecting the Los Angeles brewing industry. But I do believe that...
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Beer Festival Oregon

Alternative Beer Festivals, Lo-Cal IPAs + Getting Hop-adelic

The 2020 iteration of the L.A. IPA Festival landed on Leap Day this year. People judged 60 IPAs. This month Yorkshire Square Brewery hosts their annual N’Owt but Stout Festival where the darker style...
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